Incision opened after scab was removed. I have been cleaning BID with n/s, applying silvadene, and covering with gauze per my ps instructions. However, it seems to be staying the same after about 2 weeks. Suggestions please, thank you kindly.
May 29, 2018
Answer: White area in wound Hi there, It appears you have a small white area at the T junction part of a breast wound. This is most likely due to a small area of poor blood supply to the skin causing the skin to necrose (die). That sounds awful, but it is going to be ok. It is unfortunately common to have skin necrosis at this area of the wound as the blood supply feeding oxygen to this skin is weakest. The treatment is to apply dressings to keep the area clean. Your surgeon will guide you as to whether these dressings should be dry to mop up any fluid or wet to help new skin cells grow. It will take about 4-6 weeks for this to heal. It will not affect your long term outcome, and you will still get a great result.
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May 29, 2018
Answer: White area in wound Hi there, It appears you have a small white area at the T junction part of a breast wound. This is most likely due to a small area of poor blood supply to the skin causing the skin to necrose (die). That sounds awful, but it is going to be ok. It is unfortunately common to have skin necrosis at this area of the wound as the blood supply feeding oxygen to this skin is weakest. The treatment is to apply dressings to keep the area clean. Your surgeon will guide you as to whether these dressings should be dry to mop up any fluid or wet to help new skin cells grow. It will take about 4-6 weeks for this to heal. It will not affect your long term outcome, and you will still get a great result.
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